Hour of Glory (1949)
The Small Back Room (original title)

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 February 1952 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

De volta ao pequeno apartamento See more »

Filming Locations:

Chesil Bank, Dorset, England, UK See more »

Production Co:

Archers, The, London Film Productions See more »

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Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Trivia

When Sammy and Susan are at the Hickory Tree night club, Susan spots Gillian, an old acquaintance, and asks Sammy to start talking, to avoid the meeting. Sammy starts, and then Susan joins in reciting the following lines: "I never nurs'd a dear gazelle, / To glad me with its soft black eye, / But when it came to know me well / And love me, it was sure to die." These lines are from Canto I of the poem "The Fire Worshippers" by the Irish poet Thomas More (1779-1852). See more »

Goofs

Boom mic visible: A little over 75 minutes into the film, during the scene where the character of Sammy Rice trashes his sitting room, the shadow of the boom mic can be seen reflected in the empty picture frame in the foreground of the shot. See more »

Quotes

Susan: Where were you going Sammy?
Sammy Rice: I don't know.
Susan: A woman?
Sammy Rice: Maybe.
Susan: How about me?
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Crazy Credits

"It has been suggested that I should point out that the characters
and incidents in this story are purely fictional. This I gladly
do. They are." - N.B.
N.B. is Nigel Balchin, the author of the original novel. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Taxi Driver (1976) See more »

Soundtracks

"Night Club Music"
Performed by Ted Heath's Kenny Baker Swing Group See more »